Published : 2021 || Format : print || Location : Colombia ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ What was it about the country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring alone there were four different school shootings. A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.. Thoughts : Infinite Country follows two characters - young Talia, who at the beginning of this book, escapes a girl’s reform school in North Colombia so that she can make her previously booked flight to the US. Before she can do that, she needs to travel many miles to reach her father and get her ticket to the rest of her family. As we follow Talia’s treacherous journey south, we learn about how she ended up in the reform school in the first place and why half her family resides in the US. Infinite Country tells the story of her family through the other protagonist, El
Happy Sunday and Fall season! September 22 is officially the end of the summer season, here in the Northern hemisphere. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet because my summer was way too short - it passed in a blur of pregnancy tiredness and baby business. Still, it's hard not to love Fall and all that is associated with it. It's what comes after (winter and the dreary landscapes and all the heavy jackets) that makes me dread this quick ending of summer.
Shreya is two months old today. How did that happen? She has her two month checkup tomorrow so we'll know how tall she is and how much she weighs. I'm sure she's in the 90+ percentile for both. She is right now learning how to use her fist for... sucking. Yep, the whole fist.
Two weekends ago, we had taken a road trip to Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. All these places are within a half hour distance from where we were staying in Newport News. The idea was to learn what it's like to travel with a baby. And we learned a lot - that we'll have to take quite a few long breaks for feeding and so planning outings around the breaks is the right thing to do. That because of the frequent breaks, we should plan a few days per tourist place, if we wanted to explore it fully. That noisy restaurants are a no-go if we wanted the baby sleeping through the meal, or else someone may have to hold the baby, and we will end up gulping down our meal so that we can rotate holding the baby. And that a vacation can be tiring as well, and sometimes sacrifices have to be made.
Still, we enjoyed the trip - it was my first big outing after Shreya was born and I was glad to get out of the house. We saw a couple of reenactments at Williamsburg, toured the USS Wisconsin battleship, and spent some time at the beach as well.
Last weekend, my library had a book sale. I wasn't planning on buying too many books because I had a book buying spree only in April, but when I was told that I can fill a whole bag with books for just three bucks, I didn't try to waste that opportunity. Here's what I bought (in addition to some baby books):
Last week, I finished reading Louise O' Neill's Only Ever Yours and I loved it. I loved how conflicted it made me feel. I'm hoping to discuss more about it this week. I started reading Nawal El-Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero for Aarti's #Diversiverse event. I'm hoping to read one more book for the event but we'll see about it. Right now, my reading temperament is being very picky. I have Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House lined up next.
Right now, Shreya is sleeping, and the husband is out shopping. I am still working on my mitts and am hoping to finish them today. So close to the finish! I don't have any other major plans for the rest of the day. Hopefully just some knitting and blogging.
Shreya is two months old today. How did that happen? She has her two month checkup tomorrow so we'll know how tall she is and how much she weighs. I'm sure she's in the 90+ percentile for both. She is right now learning how to use her fist for... sucking. Yep, the whole fist.
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| I'm two months old today. I love to coo, stand, hear my humans talk, stare at bright stuff. Milestones: Slept all night, First outing, First smile. |
Two weekends ago, we had taken a road trip to Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. All these places are within a half hour distance from where we were staying in Newport News. The idea was to learn what it's like to travel with a baby. And we learned a lot - that we'll have to take quite a few long breaks for feeding and so planning outings around the breaks is the right thing to do. That because of the frequent breaks, we should plan a few days per tourist place, if we wanted to explore it fully. That noisy restaurants are a no-go if we wanted the baby sleeping through the meal, or else someone may have to hold the baby, and we will end up gulping down our meal so that we can rotate holding the baby. And that a vacation can be tiring as well, and sometimes sacrifices have to be made.
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| A reenactment at Williamsburg | USS Wisconsin |
Still, we enjoyed the trip - it was my first big outing after Shreya was born and I was glad to get out of the house. We saw a couple of reenactments at Williamsburg, toured the USS Wisconsin battleship, and spent some time at the beach as well.
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
- A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
- A Room With a View by E. M. Forster
- Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides
Last week, I finished reading Louise O' Neill's Only Ever Yours and I loved it. I loved how conflicted it made me feel. I'm hoping to discuss more about it this week. I started reading Nawal El-Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero for Aarti's #Diversiverse event. I'm hoping to read one more book for the event but we'll see about it. Right now, my reading temperament is being very picky. I have Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House lined up next.
Right now, Shreya is sleeping, and the husband is out shopping. I am still working on my mitts and am hoping to finish them today. So close to the finish! I don't have any other major plans for the rest of the day. Hopefully just some knitting and blogging.
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